Mental Health Practitioner - LPMHSS - Flintshire

This is an exciting time to join the Primary Care Team in Flintshire which is undergoing transformation.

These Primary Care Practitioner posts are integral within the Tier 1 Primary Care Mental Health Community Service within Flintshire.

The existing team include qualified practitioners including Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers, Star workers and Psychology who are all delivering evidenced based interventions. We are seeking enthusiastic, compassionate qualified practitioners to join us in delivering the best possible assessments and interventions.

The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary team and in collaboration with third sector services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake detailed assessments and hold a caseload providing short term evidenced based interventions for 6 to 10 weeks. To work in collaboration with third sector services and refer people onto services within their communities. To provide supervision, guidance and support to junior members of staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£39,263 to £47,280 a yearper annum pro rata